“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.”
G.K. Chesterton
“The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear”
Alan Coren
“Elections without any opposition and with low turnout aren't good for anyone, not least the government, which should evaluate the anti-democratic impact.”
Teodoro Petkoff
“Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.”
Elmer Davis
“America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy -- and won't cross the street to vote in a national election.”
William E Bill Vaughan
